McCain: Cigarette cessation not stimulative to economy

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Wednesday February 04, 2009 · 7:56 PM PST

2009/02/04 · 19:56

John McCain in an interview with Katie Couric today has stated that he is opposed to the Reinvestment Bill partially due to the fact that it contains multi million dollar smoking cessation funding.

McCain, the erstwhile GOP nominee for president, and now defacto leader of the centrist wing of the GOP, is coming out in opposition to Obama's plan to invest in America to stem the riptide of unemployment and devaluation of property. Apparently one of the main points of opposition to the proposal is the inclusion of smoking cessation programs.

Apparently McCain doesn't think getting people to sign on to giving up tobacco will lead to short and long term improvement of public health and increase in productivity by American workers.

What is wrong with this man?

Nimbus

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Friday May 25, 2007 · 8:10 PM PDT

2007/05/25 · 20:10

Let's all take a moment this weekend, in addition to remembering those who gave their lives defending our country in uniform, or, for those who prefer, whose lives were taken from them, to commemorate another event, one which most Americans today have never heard of. I am speaking of the so-called Memorial Day Massacre of 1937, which took place on that date in Chicago, Illinois. Although this was not a military battle, it does deserve remembering, since it serves to show how different things are today, in some ways, and how much they haven't changed at all, in others...

Nimbus

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Friday May 11, 2007 · 7:42 PM PDT

2007/05/11 · 19:42

Thanks to the latest round of Republican Talking Points, there is a new phrase being bandied about the airwaves and in newspaper quotes. The Democrats' latest attempt to rein in President Bush's eternal commitment of American troops to fight the Iraqi Civil War, is being described by politicians and pundits alike as "death on the installment plan". Say, doesn't that have a nice ring to it, though? Almost sounds like you heard it before? Well, maybe you did....

Nimbus

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Sunday October 15, 2006 · 7:33 AM PDT

2006/10/15 · 07:33

Here's another take: for those who may have felt I was too harsh with the Democratic Party yesterday. I did not mean to characterize them as being akin to a cold-blooded murderer. Given that that was my first blog, I will allow myself a little slack if my tone was on the creepy side.

Alright,then, Take Two:

The character of Fortunato now represents the country of Iraq, in the aftermath of the American occupation. Let Montresor stand for the Bush Administration, or the GOP, itself, in it's capacity as rubber stampers and enablers, or, in the view of most of the rest of the world, simply the US, all of us.

Nimbus

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Saturday October 14, 2006 · 3:09 PM PDT

2006/10/14 · 15:09

I've been thinking lately about the story by Poe, wherein the narrator, a patient but obsessive avenger named Montresor, lures his longtime foe, Fortunato, down into the catacombs beneath his home, where he calmly and pleasantly walls him up in a corner crypt. There is something about this story that has gotten under my skin lately, although it has always been one of my favorites by that awesome author. I don't know why I keep thinking about it these days, unless it has to do with the fact that I have been visiting the DailyKos blogging boards on a regular basis, and maybe there is a parallel theme running through a lot of the blogs I am reading. Or maybe it is just the overriding grisliness of much of the news these days... Read More

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